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St Paul’s Cathedral has been here for over 1,400 years. It has been built and rebuilt five times, and always its main purpose has been as a
place of worship and prayer.

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St Paul's, with its world-famous dome, is an iconic feature of the London skyline. Step inside and you can enjoy the Cathedral's awe-inspiring
interior, and uncover fascinating stories about its history.

Learning & Faith

Lifelong learning is a core part of the our work, delivered through a variety of events by St Paul's Institute, and the
Cathedral's Adult Learning and Schools & Family Learning departments.

History & Collections

For more than 1,400 years, a Cathedral dedicated to St Paul has stood at the highest point in the City. The present Cathedral is the
masterpiece of Britain's most famous architect Sir Christopher Wren.

Support Us

Behind the scenes, the cost of caring for St Paul's and continuing to deliver our central ministry and work is enormous and the generosity of
our supporters is critical.

Venue Bookings

Widely considered to be one of the world’s most beautiful buildings and a powerful symbol of the splendour of London, St Paul’s Cathedral is a
breathtaking events venue.

2016 Films

Poetry is what we reach for when we are falling in love, when we are grieving and when we search the great mysteries. It’s easy to
think the language of faith is in creeds, sermons and certainties, but Mark Oakley says that it is poetry that is the person of
faith’s native language. In this talk he will invite us on an adventure into poetry’s power to startle, challenge and reframe our
vision: like throwing a pebble into water, the words of a poem cause a splash whose ripples can, if we let them, transform the way
we see the world, ourselves, and God.

The Beauty and the Horror: Searching for God in a Suffering World - Richard Harries and Loretta Minghella | 11
October 2016

Life is at once wonderful and terrible, beautiful and appalling. It is one of the greatest stumbling blocks to faith for the
believer and the non-believer alike. How can we live with this contradiction? And how can we believe in a just and loving God in
the face of all the evils of the world? Richard Harries, former Bishop of Oxford, and Loretta Minghella, the Chief
Executive of Christian Aid, speak about the reality of suffering and evil in the world, and how in the face of it we can
possibly live lives of hope and believe in a God of love.

Accidental Saints: Finding God in all the Wrong People - Nadia Bolz-Weber and Richard Coles | 6
September 2016

Please note only the section of the film with Richard Coles is available. What if God is showing us the glory, the grace
and the transformative love of his presence in the people who happen to be there, whether we like it – and them – or not? And
could it possibly be that God is calling us to be saints as well, however unlikely that seems? Nadia Bolz-Weber and Richard Coles
are two of the freshest voices in contemporary Christianity and they reflect on what a life of sanctity might be in the
21st century.

Paula Gooder, one of the best-known and best-loved Biblical scholars and teachers of our times, says that the Bible
tells a much more complicated story about our bodies than that. She will explore what a Biblical spirituality for the whole
person might be and reveal how we are called to relate to God with the whole of our selves – body and soul, mind and heart.

Money and the Kingdom of God - Eve Poole and Angus Ritchie12 April 2016

Two activist-theologians, Canon Dr Angus Ritchie who is the Director of the Centre for Theology and Community and Dr
Eve Poole who teaches at Ashridge Business School, offer a vision of what God’s kingdom of love might look like right
here, right now and how our personal choices can bring its reality closer.

Katharine Jefferts Schori, by profession and passion both scientist and theologian, will look at the many meanings of the first
chapters of Genesis, exploring what they can teach us about God, the world, and ourselves.